Originally Posted by
Sputnik
"Friendly Arab Country" now there's a contradiction in terms. You might recall Saudi Arabia kicked us out (yeah I know we still have some stuff there, but 99% is gone).
More to the point, I think the idea is to stand up their military as a self sufficient force which by definition would mean they'd have to be in their out country.
Plus, any arab country safe enough to host such a base is still a damn sight better than Iraq so I don't think it would solve the AWOL/desertion rate much.
Funny you should mention that... I recently got some e-mail traffic about a BAE recruiter looking to hire some ex-pat pilots to go to Saudi to basically teach UPT. About $270,000 tax-free for a two year contract doing touch and go's and tp stalls... minimal manpad engagements.
Anyone feeling nostalgic for the carefree days of living in the coalition compound?